More than 500 schoolchildren and their parents joined the Toka Toka caravan of Manila Water as it made the rounds of 48 day care centers in Taytay, Rizal to advocate for environmental protection. Toka Toka is the first and only used water advocacy movement in the country.

Manila Water consistently intensifies its campaign towards proper wastewater management in Metro Manila’s East Zone through its Used Water Master Plan. The target for the company in terms of used water services is full sewer and sanitation coverage of its entire concession area by 2037. As of July 31, 2018, Manila Water has installed an aggregate of 135,251 sewer connections within the East Zone since the start of its concession period, serving a total of 186,480 households. For the whole of 2017, 1,783 new sewer connections were installed, benefiting 3,382 households, while 630 kilometers of sewer pipes were cleaned within the same period.

MWSS has approved Manila Water’s Business Plan and Rebasing Adjustment for the Fifth Rate Rebasing Period (2018 to 2022). This is based on MWSS Regulatory Office Resolution No. 2018-10-CA dated September 24, 2018 and as approved by the MWSS Board Resolution No. 2018-145-RO dated September 27, 2018.